GW and his merry band of necons would have been out of power at the last US Presidential election, for starters. They were making a mess of domestic affairs and the economy and GWB was one of the most unpopular presidents ever.

Plus the events of Sept. 11th have enabled the neocons to pursue their expansionist agenda. They've taken control of Afghanistan and Iraq and most probably will try to at least take down the governments of Syria and Iran and replace them with more sympathetic regiemes.

(Did you see all that stuff at the start about the neocon-thinktank 'Project for the New American Century' - they pointed out that the only way to get public support for the neocon goals was for a 'New Pearl Harbor' to happen. Well, with the events of 9-11 they got it.)


And I fully expect the 'War on Terror' to be a strong election issue used by the next Republican candidate for President. Most likely one of Bush's brothers.


Gav